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    The surname Leadbetter

    A surname, carried by 1,399 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L313

    Leadbetter: #19,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Leadbetter #19,341, 1,399 people Leadbetter: #19,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Leadbetter #19,341, 1,399 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leadbetter is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname. Variant of Leadbeater.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,399 people named Leadbetter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,690 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,298.

    #19,341
    rank among US surnames
    1,399
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #19,313)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,334Assad1,400220,533
    #19,341Knapik1,399220,690
    #19,348Casarrubias1,398220,848

    Who is named Leadbetter

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Leadbetter identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Leadbetters

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Leadbetter
      American golf instructor, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Leadbeter
    • Leadbeater
    • Ledbeater
    • Ledbeter
    • Ledbetter

    Surnames that sound like Leadbetter

    Leadbetter has the Soundex code L313, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L313.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Leadbetter?
    1,399 people in the United States had the surname Leadbetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,690 Americans. It ranked 19,341st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Leadbetter?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Leadbetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Leadbetter?
    David Leadbetter, American golf instructor.
    Where is the surname Leadbetter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Leadbetter in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Leadbetter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,399 in 2010, up 7.8%.
    What are other spellings of Leadbetter?
    Leadbeter, Leadbeater, Ledbeater, Ledbeter and Ledbetter.